This document is composed of the pretests, posttests, and unit tests of the multimedia, individualized course on economic analysis prepared for the United States Naval Academy. Related documents can be found under EM 010 787 through EM 010 822. The final evaluation report is ED 043 790, and the model developed for designing systems of…

This article attempts to show the teacher how to individualize the teaching experience by clarifying daily instructional goals. Its purpose is to reevaluate the cognitive, psychomotor, affective, and performance objectives used by the classroom teacher. The first section emphasizes the use of performance objectives in the classroom situation. The…

A manual to accompany LINC courses in communications and mathematics, containing information on background, objectives, components, individualized process, and procedures for curriculum development and implementation of LINC Program, is presented. It was formerly referred to as The LINC Program User's Manual. An appendix includes a Reading List…

The "Test on Understanding Science, Form W" and the "Nelson Biology Test, Form E", were administered before and after a college general biology course to a random selection of students who had chosen to take an individualized study program and to a random group of students who had chosen to follow the lecture-laboratory…

This teacher's workbook which accompanies the Total Creativity Program consists of a group of checklists for the following purposes: assessing pupils, compiling and diagnosing pupil assessments, and assessing and helping teachers. (JK)

This document presents a report on the status of an experimental program of Independent Study and Contemporary University at the University of South Carolina. The program enables students to pursue either an individual or team project for up to 15-hours credit and to participate in group seminars and other activities designed to create an…

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of Continuous Progress (mastery) instruction on acquisition, retention, and transfer in an introductory college physics course. Freshmen, stratified according to major, were randomly assigned to Continuous Progress and Traditional Instruction groups. The Continuous Progress group showed greater…

This paper describes a physics course at Eastridge High School in Rochester, New York, which is highly adaptable to a variety of student interests and needs. Three content streams in Physical Science Study Committee (PSSC), Project Physics and New York State Regents physics are contained in one course. Individual materials for all three streams…

Research for Better Schools, Inc. (RBS) has three major components in its individualized learning program--Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI), Automated Learning Management System (ALMS), and computer assisted instruction (CAI). IPI is an instructional system based on a specific set of educational objectives and has correlated to these…

A systems approach was applied to the development of a multimedia computer managed course in college physics for the U. S. Naval Academy by the New York Institute of Technology with funds provided by the U. S. Office of Education. The experience in the construction of the program is incorporated into a course development model to serve as a…

Reading instruction aims at developing meaning and understanding; achievement of its goals depends on the continuous, consistent, and systematic evaluation of all aspects of a reading program. Since isolated skills have little value unless related to some pattern with built-in, designated levels of achievement, reading should be taught as a…

This report, conducted at the University of Victoria, Canada, presents an overview of the results of a 4-year study to individualize instruction within an introductory Educational Psychology course. Emphasis is placed on written source material, specific instructional objectives given to the student, testing on small units, testing when students…

The study was concerned with the formation of grouPs of students and specifically addressed the problem: Can a computerized Procedure be developed which assigns students to instructional groups, which maximizes the homogeneity of these groups when this homogeneity is based on relevent student learning characteristics, and which takes account of…

A model is presented which incorporates certain features lacking in many schemes: it proceeds in a systematic manner; it addresses the interaction of cognitive processes and instructional task demands; it provides for continuous evaluation and modification; and it deals with measurable behaviors. It is divided into three components adapted from…